Ἱππόλυτος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, “horse”) + λῠτός (lutós, “releaser, unleasher”). The latter element, found in names, derives from the verb λύω (lúō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hip.pó.ly.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ipˈpo.ly.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ipˈpo.ly.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ipˈpo.ly.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈpo.li.tos/
Proper noun
Ῐ̔ππόλῠτος • (Hippólutos) m (genitive Ῐ̔ππολῠ́του); second declension
- a male given name
- Any of various figures from Greek myth and legend, especially the son of Theseus.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ῐ̔ππόλῠτος ho Hippólutos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ῐ̔ππολῠ́του toû Hippolútou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ῐ̔ππολῠ́τῳ tôi Hippolútōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ῐ̔ππόλῠτον tòn Hippóluton | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ῐ̔ππόλῠτε Hippólute | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- Ῐ̔ππολῠ́τη (Hippolútē)
Descendants
- Greek: Ιππόλυτος (Ippólytos)
- Latin: Hippolytus
- → Russian: Ипполит (Ippolit)
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013